Revolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it’s like they’re in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into their constitution as well, which makes them pretty unique.
BILLY CONNOLLYFame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I’m a huge film star… but you have to hurry to the movies, because I usually die in the first 15 f–ing minutes. I’m the only guy I know who died in a f–ing Muppet movie.
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A fart is just your arse applauding.
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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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I loathe hecklers. I haven’t got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone.
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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
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It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying.
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When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here?
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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There’s nothing better than a fight, especially when you’re watching it from a safe place. You can yell encouragement! Hit him with the left, he’s a big Jessie!
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[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven’t missed a thing, I was just killing time ’til you got here.
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I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it’s not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.
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I can’t believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.
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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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I don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.
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I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.
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I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
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